If you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
CHARLES DUHIGGThere’s something really powerful about groups and shared experiences. People might be skeptical about their ability to change if they’re by themselves, but a group will convince them to suspend disbelief. A community creates belief.
More Charles Duhigg Quotes
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For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
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If you want to do something that requires willpower – like going for a run after work – you have to conserve your willpower muscle during the day.
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At some point, if you’re changing a really deep-seated behavior, you’re going to have a moment of weakness.
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America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
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The waste from power plants is essentially what is left over when you burn coal. And as we all know, coal is a relatively dirty mineral.
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What studies say the number one best way to start an exercise habit is to give yourself a reward that you genuinely enjoy.
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The Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can’t extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it.
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Cravings are what drive habits. And figuring out how to spark a craving makes creating a new habit easier.
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Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
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Champions don’t do extraordinary things. They do ordinary things, but they do them without thinking, too fast for the orther team to react. They follow the habits they’ve learned.
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Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.
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There’s something about it that makes other good habits easier.
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The biggest moment of flexibility in our shopping habits is when we have a child, because when you think about it, all of your old routines sort of go out the window, and suddenly a marketer can come in and sell you new kinds of things.
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Change might not be fast and it isn’t always easy. But with time and effort, almost any habit can be reshaped.
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If you tell people that they have what it takes to succeed, they’ll prove you right.
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